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Pictured is Ruston mayor Ronny Walker (right) presenting New Living Word basketball coach Jerry Baldwin with a plaque commemorating the Lions’ second straight Class C state basketball championship as the team looks on in the background. The presentation was made during Monday’s Ruston City Council meeting.

GRAMBLING — If it was simply just the “Bayou Classic,” it would mean an electrifying atmosphere at the Louisiana Superdome on Saturday afternoon for Grambling State University (6-4, 5-3) and Southern University (4-8, 4-4).

But in the annual bloodletting of in-state rivals, the 2011 edition means much more for the Lincoln Parish-based Tigers.

A win against the Jaguars means Grambling wraps up a Western Division championship and gains a berth in the Southwestern Athletic Conference title showdown next month.

Huff McIntosh (1) and the Cedar Creek Cougars will play host to Ringgold tonight at Cougars Stadium. Ruston High plays its final non-district game of the season at Wossman in Monroe while Grambling Lab plays at D’Arbonne Woods. All three games start at 7 p.m. tonight.